Whom should we call a populist ? (Jacques Sapir, Valdai Discussion Club)

http://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/whom-should-we-call-a-populist/

EAEU Aand Asian Countries plans, prospects and challenges (Yevgeny Vinokurov, Valdai Discussion Club)

http://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/eaeu-and-asian-countries-plans-prospects/

WHAT IF THE USSR HADN’T COLLAPSED… (Oleg Barabanov, Valdai Discussion Club)

At its upcoming annual meeting, scheduled for late October, the Valdai International Discussion Club plans to hold a special session entitled If the USSR Hadn’t Collapsed. On the one hand, this theme represents a novel approach for a club specializing in analyses of current and prospective global political and economic trends. For obvious reasons, we did not focus on historical retrospectives, let alone historical reconstructions.

http://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/what-if-the-ussr-hadn-t-collapsed/

SUMMING UP PARTS NOT ALWAYS BRINGS TO THE WHOLE (Andrey Bystritskiy, Valdai Discussion Club)

In the life of a modern Islamic society we see the same elements and phenomena that one hundred years ago led to the civil war in Russia. As in Russia, a traditional community collapsed in Islamic countries, and the great masses of young people were deprived of coherent system of values.

http://valdaiclub.com/about/speech/summing-up-parts-not-always-brings-to-the-whole/

WHERE WILL ESCALATION OVER SYRIA TAKE RUSSIA AND THE US? (Vladimir Yevseyev, Paul J. Saunders, Richard Weitz, Hans-Joachim Spanger, Irina Zvyagelskaya, Valdai Discussion Club)

The continuing escalation in Syria has led to both a worsening of US-Russian ties, including an end in cooperation on plutonium disposal, and the deployment of a new anti-missile system in Syria.

http://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/where-will-escalation-over-syria-take-russia-us/

POWER-SHARING IN EUROPE: MODELS FOR THE UKRAINE? (Valdai Discussion Club)

At St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in June 2016, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi reiterated his government’s firm belief that the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol model of conflict resolution could serve to get past the current impasse in the Ukraine.

Some form of power-sharing arrangement could pave the way to reconciling the conflict in the Ukraine and in relations between the EU and Russia is a valid one. A close look reveals that territorial conflicts, or at least the potential for conflict, are present in many parts of Europe and European states have looked for ways to reconcile the organisation of political power with competing demands from different social groups.

http://valdaiclub.com/a/valdai-papers/valdai-paper-57-power-sharing-in-europe-models-for/

MH17 REPORT: WHAT DID THEY DO THE WHOLE YEAR? (Valdai Discussion Club)

On September 28, 2016, the MH17 Joint International Criminal Investigation Team under the chairmanship of the Netherlands prosecutor's office issued a report on the investigation of Boeing-777 aircraft crash in the Donetsk region on July 17, 2014. The main conclusion is that MH17 was downed by Buk SAM, which was delivered to Ukraine from Russia, and after the missile launch returned to Russia.

http://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/mh17-report-what-did-they-do-the-whole-year/

EU-RUSSIA: SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE (Ivan Timofeev, Valdai Discussion Club)

Neither Brussels nor Moscow seem to have a clear understanding of what issues need to be included into the list of partnership destinations.

http://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/eu-russia-selective-engagement/

ZVI MAGEN: SHIMON PERES WAS THE LEADER OF THE PEACE PROCESS, BUT WE THOUGHT HE WAS AN UTOPIAN DREAMER (Valdai Discussion Club)

Shimon Peres, former Israeli President, former Prime Minister, and former member of Knesset died on Wednesday at the age of 93. "Peres was a highly respected and well-known politician. He represented a rare combination of a great politician and philosopher," Zvi Magen, Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University, and former Israeli ambassador to Russia, told www.valdaiclub.com

http://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/shimon-peres-was-the-leader-of-the-peace/

THE SCHENGEN’S FRAGILE PEACE: CAN THE EU REESTABLISH CONTROL? (Valdai Discussion Club)

On September 28, the Valdai Discussion Club hosted the presentation of a report titled “Schengen: Dead or Alive?” dedicated to migration issues in the European Union and possible challenges for Russia.

http://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/the-schengen-s-fragile-peace-can-the-eu-reestablish-control/

NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE CYBER AGE: NEW CHALLENGES FOR SECURITY, STRATEGY AND STABILITY (Valdai Discussion Club)

The safe, secure and reliable management of nuclear weapons has always been a complex and complicated business, plagued by uncertainty and risks.

But these challenges are being magnified and aggravated by new cyber tools, dynamics and capabilities, and from the threat posed by hackers seeking to gain access to, or interfere with, nuclear systems. This article covers such problems as the nature of the cyber challenge, new nuclear vulnerabilities, the role of cyber in deterring cyber-attacks as well as the cases of cyber-nuclear espionage.

http://valdaiclub.com/a/valdai-papers/valdai-paper-56-nuclear-weapons-in-the-cyber-age-n/

Middle East: more than a playground for great powers ? (Valdai Discussion Club)

On May 19, the Valdai Discussion Club presented a report on external influences on the Middle East relations, titled “Crucial Players or Insufficient Powers? The USA, Russia and the EU in the Middle East.”

http://valdaiclub.com/news/middle-east-more-than-a-playground-for-great-powers/

WTO: lost in the maze of regionalism (Valdai Discussion Club)

Among the key international economic organizations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) stands out as a vivid example of the headwinds faced by the globalization process and further efforts directed at liberalizing markets in the world economy

http://valdaiclub.com/news/wto-lost-in-the-maze-of-regionalism/

USA-Saudi Arabia: Crisis ? What crisis ? (Valdai Discussion Club)

While there is a more than fifty percent chance that the bill allowing US citizens to sue Saudi Arabia for al-Qaeda-relating damages will be passed into law, it may not be as simple for Saudi Arabia to liquidate its US-based assets

http://valdaiclub.com/news/usa-saudi-arabia-crisis-what-crisis/

EU internal tensions frustrate normalization with Russia (Valdai Discussion Club)

http://valdaiclub.com/news/eu-internal-tensions-frustrate-normalization-with-russia/

Europe: americans in-russians out ? (Valdai Discussion Club)

http://valdaiclub.com/news/europe-americans-in-russians-out/

How could Russia-Turkey tensions impact the unstable Caucasus ? (Valdai Discussion Club)

http://valdaiclub.com/news/russia-turkey-tensions-impact-the-unstable-caucasus/

Jon Alterman About Cooperation Between China, USA and Russia in the Central Asia and Afghanistan (Valdai Discussion Club)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzYGPFq3RsM

Carl Bildt Discusses New Strategy for EU-Russia Relations (Valdai Discussion Club)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg1-FRNH350

Russia-ASEAN: 20 years of difficult partnership and troublesome expectations (Valdai Discussion Club)

http://valdaiclub.com/news/russia-asean-20-years-of-difficult-partnership-and-troublesome-expectations/